CyberAdX runs invite-only cybersecurity events for executives, MSPs, and security leaders. Each event amplifies a small, audience-aligned coalition of 501(c)(3) nonprofits through three levers: platform (we name and feature them across event content), awareness (we route our distribution network), and a 5% post-event check from sponsor contributions. We're a small startup self-funding our inaugural event — the 5% is our baseline commitment; direct donations through the links on this page are the primary funding lever.
Every CyberAdX event picks a small coalition of 501(c)(3) nonprofits aligned to that event's audience. CISO.poker amplifies CISO-relevant orgs. An MSP roundtable would amplify MSP-relevant orgs. A women-in-cyber breakfast would amplify women-focused orgs. The coalition is specific to the event, not permanent.
Three levers, applied to every event coalition:
1. Platform — recipient organizations are named on event materials, signage, the apply confirmation page, and the post-event recap email. Every applicant and sponsor sees the coalition.
2. Awareness — we route the CyberAdX distribution network (CISO Marketplace ecosystem, hacker.poker community, FeltIQ event reports) toward driving direct donation traffic. By orders of magnitude, this is the bigger lever than our own check.
3. 5% post-event commitment — CyberAdX routes 5% of sponsor contributions for each event as a baseline check, split equally across the coalition. We never handle charitable money — donations go directly from donor to the org's own processor. Receipts published within 30 days.
We're a small startup self-funding our inaugural event. The 5% is the floor; direct donations driven by event awareness are the actual volume. This isn't a charity. It's a discipline. A way to make sure CyberAdX events leave the cybersecurity community a little better off than they found it. Every event's coalition gets named here. Past coalitions stay listed for transparency.
For our Wed, Aug 5, 2026 event during DEF CON / Black Hat / BSides week on the Las Vegas Strip, we picked four organizations that map to the room: two keeping the infrastructure alive, one expanding the workforce, and one developing the next generation of security executives. Equal 25% split — 5% of CyberAdX sponsor contributions, distributed within 30 days of the event.
Recruits, retains, and advances women in cybersecurity through scholarships, mentorship, training, and the largest women-focused cyber conference in the field. Started through an NSF grant at Tennessee Tech; backed today by Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Bloomberg, SANS Institute.
Donate to WiCyS →Runs global no-cost threat intelligence for 9,000+ network owners across 175 countries — daily IPv4 scanning, CAPRICA honeypots, malware analysis, botnet sinkholing. If your SOC gets a "Shadowserver alert" about compromised hosts, this org wrote it. They received a 2025 Common Good Cyber grant because core operations were genuinely at risk.
Support Shadowserver →Runs Let's Encrypt, the free TLS certificate authority securing over a billion websites. Pure public-interest infrastructure. By end of 2026 ISRG expects to actively secure at least one billion websites through Let's Encrypt. Every CISO in the room has Let's Encrypt running somewhere in production.
Donate to ISRG →A community of information security executives focused on practitioner collaboration and the education, mentorship, and development of the next generation of security leaders. Partners with college cybersecurity programs (Merritt College, others) to fund grants for under-represented students aspiring to be future CISOs. Volunteer-run, low overhead, every dollar moves.
Donate to ISLF →CyberAdX never handles charitable money on behalf of donors. Direct donations always flow straight from donor to 501(c)(3). Post-event, CyberAdX commits to a floor contribution plus a percentage of sponsor revenue — published here with receipts.
Donate directly to any of the four recipient organizations using the links on this page. Money flows directly from your card to their own donation processor — we never see it, never take a cut, and never see your donor information.
Recipient organizations are named on event materials and the final-table livestream (where applicable). Attendees and sponsors see where a share of the event's revenue is heading. No branded obligations on the recipients — just public acknowledgment.
CyberAdX Network writes the committed check — 5% of CyberAdX sponsor contributions for the event, split equally across the four recipient organizations. Receipts published on this page within 30 days.
Access — 80 CISO decision-makers in one room for three hours during DEF CON / Black Hat / BSides week. No booth. No badge scan. No pitch deck.
Intelligence — a post-event FeltIQ report with anonymous aggregate signal from the room on AI risk, budget priorities, vendor trust, and category gaps.
Plus a built-in coalition give-back — 5% of every CyberAdX sponsor contribution is routed post-event to four cybersecurity 501(c)(3) nonprofits across workforce, infrastructure, and future leadership. No extra effort on your side, the check gets written automatically, receipts published within 30 days. Your sponsorship dollars compound into community impact at zero added cost.
Below is our commitment. This tracker updates after the August 5th event with actual contribution amounts and donation receipts — within 30 days of the event, posted here.
Every CyberAdX event picks its own coalition based on the audience in the room. As coalitions are confirmed, they'll appear here with the same transparency: floor commitment, post-event receipts, and direct donation links.
You don't need to sponsor CISO.poker or attend the event to support these organizations. Every link below goes directly to the recipient's own donation page — we never see the transaction, never take a cut, and never see your donor information.
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